Track-liner bar



L. P. cmcomE.

TRACK LINER BAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1920.

1,387,688 Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

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Louis E C/u'c ojne.

In Yen/or:

UNITED STATES.

LOUIS P. CHICOINE, OF VAUDREUIL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

TRACK-LINER BAR.

Application filed September 16, 1920.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LOUIS P. CHIcoINE, of the town of Vaudreuil, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track-Liner Bars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates, as its title indicates, to implements for use by railway track men in alining the rails, the practice being to employ a tool of the nature of a lever for prying a rail laterall to bring it into alinement with other rai s. Heretofore considerable time has been wasted and labor lost by the slipping of the end of the lever or bar on the rail under which it is inserted because of the relatively soft road bed or ballast upon which the lever or bar has been caused to fulcrum, and my invention has for its object to overcome these defects and provide an implement which while being readily portable may be manipulated by unskilled labor and obtain effective results upon each insertion and operation of the tool.

To this end the invention may be said broadly to consist of a bar or a lever having clamped thereon a bracing and guiding shoe, the bracing quality of the shoe serving to reinforce the bar or lever in its work while its guiding feature guides and retains it against lateral displacement, a slidable antifriction bearing plate suitably constructed to engage the edge of the flange of the rail being alined. The end of this shoe is pivoted in a flat foot pointed at its forward end to facilitate its insertion beneath the rail and having a combined lock for the lever or bar and cam for automatically placing the bearing plate in position to engage the flange of the rail to be alined, the plate being provided with means to coact with the cam.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved track liner with a rail above the line shown in transverse sectional view, the position in dotted lines in this figure being the bar in operation to aline the rail;

Fig. 2' is a central vertical sectional view of Fig. 1 with the handle removed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921. Serial No. 410,803.

Fig. 3 is an underside view;

Flg. 1 1s a sectional view taken on line l4l Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 Fig. 2,-

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 7-7 Fig. 1

The bar or lever indicated at Z) is in the form usually employed by trackmen, one end having a flat point 0 and its opposite end a handle (Z.

The bracing and guiding shoe which receives the bar consists of a trough-like sheet metal member 6, one end of which is tapered to wedge form and provided with lugs f by which it is pivoted in the foot. The opposite end of the shoe has an integral cross bar 6 forming a part of a clamp the gripping member of which consists of a flat staple c the ends of which are in the form of bolts 0 havlng butterfly ends by which the clamp is tlght-ened to lock the bar and the shoe together. The foot 9 consists, preferably, of sheet metal bent to present a point the metal be ng folded back upon itself to reinforce this point. Side flanges it being also presented in this manner and intermediate flanges z tend to prevent the foot from slipping on the ballast while in use. An open lng j for receiving the flanged end of the shoe e is formed by striking down the middle portion of the metal of the foot and thus presenting lugs 70. These lugs and the side flanges h carry a shaft m on which the lugs f of the shoe are pivoted. The heel of the foot has flanges at between which is riveted, spot-welded or otherwise rigidly secured a. cam-lock 0 consisting of relatively heavy sheet metal bent to U-form and having its legs cut in a curve eccentric to the pivot point of the lever with increasing radius away from the pivot point, thus presenting a cam 12. The locking property of this member is constituted by the legs 79 receiving the shoe between them and having shoulders 9 between which the shoe is gripped when forced to a position substantially in alinement with the surface of the foot.

The bearing plate is indicated at 7*. It is also preferably of sheet metal and has its side edges turned under to present flanges 8 adapted to slidably engage flanges e on the shoe, the tail of this plate is rounded to f and reinforcement lugs F, the latter being.

struck out of a portion f adapted to be folded over and form the closed and reinforced top of the shoe.

When using my track liner the handle is first pressed down between the joints of the lock 0 thus fastening the handle and foot g rigidly together the foot is then driven beneath the rail thus. bringing the bearing plate into engagement with the underside of the flange of the rail as indicated in Fig.1. Upon the lever then being raised the rail will be shifted to the position shown at X Fig. 1, the plate sliding down the shoe. When the lever is lowered the cams 29 act upon the cross bar 6 and return the plate to its initial position.-

\Vhat I claim is as follows:

I 1. A track liner comprising a lever, a shoe of trough form in cross-section adapted to fit upon the lever; means rigidly securing the shoe to the lever; a pointed foot; and means pivotally connecting the foot to the shoe.

2; A track liner comprising a lever, a shoe of trough form in cross-section adapted to .fit upon the lever; means rigidly securing the shoe to the lever; a pointed foot; means pivotally connecting the foot to the shoe and means for securing the shoe and foot rigidly against relative movement.

' 3. A track liner comprising a lever for shifting the rail and a bearing plate slidably mounted upon the lever in position to engage the rail when the tail is inserted beneath the same and move therewith when the rail is shifted and means for automatically returning the plate to initial position.

4. A track liner comprising a lever, a shoe adapted to fit upon the lever; means rigidly securing the shoe to the lever; a pointed foot; means pivotally connecting the foot to the shoe; means for securing the shoe and foot rigidly against relative movement and a bearing plate slidably mounted upon the shoe in position to engage the rail when the tail is inserted beneath the same and move therewith when the railis shifted.

5. A track liner comprising a lever, a shoe adapted to fit upon the lever; means rigidly securing the shoe to the lever; a

pointed foot; means: pivotally connecting the foot to the shoe;means for securing the shoe and foot rigidilyagainst relative movement, a bearing plate slidably mounted upon the shoe in position to engage the rail when the tail is inserted beneath the same and move therewith when the rail is shifted, and means for automatically returning the plate to initial position.

6. A track liner comprising a lever and a foot pivotally secured to the lever for presenting an extended bearing surface when inserted beneath the rail to be alined, and a bearing plate slidably mounted upon the liner in position to engage the rail whenthe tail is inserted beneath the same and move therewith when the rail is shifted.

7. A track liner comprising a lever and a foot pivotally secured to the lever for presenting an extended bearing surface when inserted beneath the railto be alined, a bearing plate slidably mounted. upon the lever in position to engage the rail when the tail is inserted beneath the same and move therewith when the rail is shifted and means for automaticallyreturning the plate to initial position.

8. A track liner comprising a pointed foot, a lever pivoted in the foot, a locking device on the heel of the foot and adapted to enpressed into the same for he purpose of' rigidly securing the lever and foot against relative movement.

9. Atrack liner comprising a pointed foot, a lever pivoted in the foot, a locking device on the heel of the foot and adapted to engage and hold the lever when the latter is pressed into the same for the purpose of rigidly securing the lever and foot against relative movement, the said device presenting a cam, a slidable anti-friction plate carried by the lever and adapted to engage the rail when the tail is inserted beneath the same and move therewith when the rail is shifted, such plate having a cross bar adapted to be acted upon by the cam when the lever is lowered from position engaging the rail and thus causing the cam toreturn the plate to initial position.

10. A foot for a track lining tool consisting of a sheet metal member presenting downwardly extended side and toe flanges and having angular flanges upon its underside with the apices of theangle toward the toe. 11. A foot for a track lining tool consisting of a sheet metal member presenting shoe consisting of a portion in bent back position; an anti-friction bearing plate with inturned side flanges slidably engaging the flanges of the shoe and means whereby the plate is moved to initial position after the alining of a rail.

13. A shoe for a track lining bar consisting of a sheet metal member of U-form, with the edges of its forward portion bent to present lateral guiding flanges, the toe of the shoe consisting of a portion in bent back position; an anti-friction bearing plate with inturned side flanges slidably engaging the flanges of the shoe and means whereby the plate is moved to initial position after the alining of a rail said shoe having a clamp for securing the alining bar thereto.

14. A foot for a track lining tool consisting of a sheet metal member presenting downwardlyrextended side and toe flanges and having angular flanges upon its underside with the apices of the angle toward the toe, the upper portion of the heel of the foot having rigidly secured thereto a combined lock and cam consisting of a sheet metal member of U-form with flared legs presenting cam surfaces.

15. A foot for a track lining tool consisting of a sheet metal member presenting downwardly extended side and toe flanges and having angular flanges upon its underside with the apices of the angle toward the toe the upper portion of the heel of the foot having rigidly secured thereto a combined lock and cam consisting of a sheet metal member of U-form with flared legs presenting cam surfaces, a shoe for a track lining bar consisting of a sheet metal member of U-r'orm with the edges of its forward portion bent to present lateral guiding flanges, the toe of the shoe consisting of a portion in bent back position; an anti-friction bearing plate with inturned side flanges slidably engaging the flanges of the shoe and means whereby the plate is moved to initial position after the alining of a rail, a pair of downwardly extending lugs having holes therein for registration with the downwardly projecting lugs of the foot; a shaft projecting through the side flanges of the foot and the lugs of the foot and shoe for pivotally securing the foot to the shoe.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS P. CHICOINE.

lVitnesses:

GORDON G. CooKn, WILLIAM J. C. HEwnTsoN. 

